package edu.princeton.cogsci.wn;

/**
 *  This class models a unique identifier for a word sense. Keys are
 *  represented in an implementation-specific manner. For example, the ASCII
 *  implementation of the WordNet database represents word sense keys as a
 *  word form, part of speech, and lexical ID number. The SQL implementation
 *  represents the same information as an integer for indexing into the
 *  WordSenses table.
 *  <P>
 *  Classes implementing <CODE>WordSenseKey</CODE> should not provide public
 *  constructors -- instances should only be able to be created by a call to
 *  a <CODE>WordNetImpl.lookupWordSenseKey</CODE> method for any given
 *  implementation.
 */

public interface WordSenseKey
{

}
